WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST (October 12-18, 2009)

“Cuts force San Francisco SPCA to close Mondays.” By Justin Berton. San Francisco Chronicle. October 19, 2009. For the first time in its 141-year history, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the city’s largest pet adoption agency, has cut back from a seven-days-a-week service, the result of reduced contributions to the nonprofit and recent staff layoffs.